Digging holes, also called opening tombs or digging graves.

For a person, no matter how big and good the house is, it can live for more than a hundred years at most. The house in the underworld is different, generally speaking, once chosen, without other major changes, it will be lived in for a hundred years and a hundred years.

And because of the influence of yin and yang feng shui on themselves and their descendants, people are also very particular about the selection of the underworld.

In our area, most of the elderly are over 60 years old, and when they prepare their longevity materials for themselves, they will personally choose a grave site. That is, when he dies, his children will bury him here.

The vast majority of people choose the grave site on one of the plots of the ancestral grave, but there are also some people who choose a new good place to bury because they do not have or cannot find the ancestral grave, or the ancestral graves are arranged in order from high to low, from high to low, from noble to low, and there happens to be no place for them here.

Carpenter Liu was obviously different from the others, although he was not in his sixties, he was only in his fifties when he went. But he prepared the longevity materials for himself early, and naturally the grave site was also selected.

Therefore, Jiang Yifeng and I took tools and followed Liu Yunfeng up the mountain, and he took us directly to that place.

It's just that the cemetery site you choose is not where you want to be buried. Rather, it means that he has chosen one of the places, and the specific place where he wants to be buried, including where his head and feet are facing, how to place the coffin, and which side the tombstone is facing, must be determined by someone who knows how to do it.

There are not many people in our village who know how to do it, and the villagers don't pay attention to the need for a special feng shui master to determine the grave site, so this kind of thing is usually done by me.

It's just that this program is also complicated and simplified. Some of the rules that have been handed down in ancient times are now too cumbersome for anyone to use.

But for Liu Yunfeng, he is willing to accept the cumbersome procedures, but he is afraid that there will be omissions. Therefore, I also obeyed his wishes, and before going up the mountain, I also went through my grandfather's notebooks, trying to remember all the procedures clearly.

The three of us had already arrived at the mountain at dawn, and after Liu Yunfeng pointed out the place to me, I first took the compass and went around to determine the direction. And then I went around the area until the three of us had lunch on the mountain, and after another half an hour or so, I hadn't officially decided on a place.

Jiang Yifeng was the first to wait impatiently, and he couldn't help but ask me a few times, whether he had chosen it or not, and I didn't answer him. It wasn't until the afternoon that even Liu Yunfeng was a little anxious and asked me cautiously that I nodded and said, "Now it's OK." ”

It's not that I'm trying to delay my time.

In fact, from the morning until now, I have been walking around the neighborhood without doing anything, except for using the compass to fix my bearing. I'm just waiting, and I'm going to have to wait until this time to determine the final location.

I pointed to one of the places and explained to the two of them: "The cemetery itself is yin, and if the sun does not shine all year round, it will be cold and cold, and it will be extremely yin, and it is easy to turn into corpses. Even if the corpse does not occur, it will be detrimental to future generations. I've waited here for so long, just to choose a place where the sun will shine from morning to afternoon at about one or two o'clock, and at this time of day. I said, gesturing once more to the place I had just chosen, and said to the two of them, "This is it!" ”

I've already figured out the general location, but there's a lot more to judge. All three of us spent an entire afternoon in the mountains.

From the mountains and rivers, the ins and outs, to the gossip of the five elements, they are mutually reinforcing. All things considered, it's not a simple question. The most important thing is that the feng shui of the selected place must match the birth date of the tomb owner, otherwise if it is not good for the tomb owner, it will often be more difficult to benefit future generations. No matter how good the feng shui of the land itself is, it is not an auspicious place for the Liu family, so the site selection will have no effect.

When everything was straightened out, I found the stakes, set the corners of the grave site, and outlined the border of the grave with the wooden plough we had brought.

At this time, it is almost sunset, after dark, there are so few of us, it is not suitable to be on the grave mountain anymore, and we must stay by the coffin at night, so as not to be taken away by those Yin soldiers. So when we saw the sun setting in the west, we went back for the time being.

When we went up the mountain again the next morning, we had all the necessary items and manpower.

came to the place where the wooden stake was erected yesterday and the outline was outlined, according to the rules, the grass was cut and the soil was broken, and then Liu Yunfeng was arranged to dig the first three shovels of soil, and then it was the turn of others to dig the grave.

This kind of digging is different from digging before the burial, and the time is not so urgent, so there is no rule that people stop shovels. It's just that when digging, you also have to pay attention to time. It is necessary to ensure that the tomb is completed exactly before dark, and that there must be a grave keeper living here every day, guarding the tomb.

It's really strange to say, just after Liu Yunfeng moved three shovels of soil, I didn't have time to explain the construction period to others, and suddenly, a pair of green eyes emerged from the excavated loose soil.

The first thing I noticed was a villager standing next to me, who was so frightened that he was about to hit him with a shovel.

I hurriedly stopped him and looked carefully, but I saw that the green eyes looked left and right, and slowly vomited blood-red letters. Only then did everyone see clearly that the thing was sticking out of its head in a triangular shape, spitting out a message, obviously, it was a snake.

Liu Yunfeng hurriedly asked me, "Jiujiao, what does this mean?" Shouldn't this grave be dug up? ”

"No, no, no." I quickly shook my head, motioned for everyone to remain silent, and then slowed down as much as I could, and slowly stepped back.

After everyone had withdrawn some distance, I signaled that I could stop.

Then everyone stared at the snake that was spitting letters.

The snake hid in the dirt for a while, perhaps sensing that there was no danger around it, and then slowly swam and emerged from the mound.

At this time, the true face of the snake gradually revealed, and everyone saw clearly that it was a very long and thick snake.

I heard the villager next to me who was going to hit it with a shovel gasp, if I had just swung the shovel, I don't know if I could have killed the snake, but if I couldn't kill it at once, let alone the villager, I'm afraid everyone would be miserable.

The snake did not immediately swim after emerging from the earth, but circled three times around the place I had designated the grave site before slowly swimming towards the south side of the grave site.

The surrounding villagers couldn't help but talk about it, and Liu Yunfeng said to me with a sad face: "Jiujiao, is this place okay?" If not, then let's settle somewhere else, shall we? Don't be in such a hurry, but you must choose well! ”

I hurriedly shook my head and said to him, "Don't move, don't move, if I couldn't lift it before, then now I'm completely sure." This is the place, Uncle Liu must not choose another place. ”

Liu Yunfeng asked me puzzled, "Why is this?" Isn't this land occupied by the serpent? The snake is cold and cold, it is not like a human. ”

"Wrong!" I said, correcting, "It's not like a living person!" Aren't dead people, like snakes, cold and cold? But you can't look at it that way! ”